HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

A sufficient acquaintance with the main topics of the philosophical debates in XVIth-XVIIIth centuries

COURSE CONTENTS SUMMARY

Abstraction, method, a priori. In search of certitude.
The course's focus are the main philosophical topics in the discussions concerning scientific knowledge from the Renaissance to Kant's "Prolegomena zu einer jeden kuenftigen Metaphysik die als Wissenschaft wird auftreten koennen"

COURSE CONTENTS

The topic of the freedom of the will from antiquity to XVIth century will be introduced in the first week. The modern discussion from Descartes to Kant will be dealt with in the first part of the course. The second part will be dedicated to I. Kant and A. Schopenhauer (see Testi di riferimento).